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When can statistics be used to gain information about a population from a sample

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A statistical question is a question that can be answered by collecting data and where there will be variability in that data. This is different from a question that anticipates a deterministic answer. For example, "How many minutes do 6th-grade students typically spend on homework each week?" is a good statistical question.
Here are a few examples
How many people live in the state of--
or
How many people in ____ live in _____
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